Sinhalese person shot dead in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 05:41 GMT]Unidentified men shot dead a Sinhalese person in Palaiyootru, a suburb in the Trincomalee town, and the Uppuveli Police Tuesday night recovered the body in the shrub jungle in the area. The body was taken to the mortuary of the Trincomalee general hospital for identification and inquest, police said.

According to preliminary investigation, the victim had been shot around Tuesday afternoon and the police received information in the evening, sources said.